All I want for Christmas is a smaller spoiler, and I just might get my wish.

NASCAR recently released a technical bulletin calling for teams to reduce the size of their radiators before they return to Daytona International Speedway for testing in January. NASCAR also is requiring teams to run softer springs and a larger plate.

NASCAR officials said drivers might not be allowed communicate with each other during the race, too.

There was one more change, and this one I like the most: Cars will have smaller spoilers.

The changes are being considered in an attempt to bust up the two-car drafts that dominated the four restrictor plate races a year ago. The multi-car packs that made plate racing so entertaining for two decades were replaced with 20 or so two-car, nose-to-tail breakaways. Cars proved to be too unstable running in packs of three or more, and you certainly can’t pass on your own with a plate, so we were stuck with the two-car draft.

What I have wanted NASCAR to do all along is reduce the size of the spoiler. Cars would be creating smaller holes in the draft, and that would give the cars chasing them more downforce.

The spoilers they have now create too big of a hole. The pursuing car quickly gets sucked up into the one in front of it, and away they go.

Good for NASCAR for wanting to shake things up, even though two of this past season’s most memorable moments came on restrictor-plate tracks. Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500 and Jimmie Johnson captured Talladega by .0002 of a second in one of the sport’s greatest finishes.

But you aren’t going to convince me that those two-car drafts were real racing. It was like watching a video game for three hours.

Fortunately, NASCAR didn’t resort to banning all bump-drafting, like it did prior to the October Talladega race in 2009, which resulted in one of the worst races I have ever watched. So, it could have been worse.

You know what’s going to be more interesting to watch, though?

Speed will televise NASCAR testing Jan. 12-14 from 1-5 p.m. all three days. It should give us a better idea of what to expect when the Daytona 500 comes around in February.